11 New Android Users Share What They Miss Most About Their iPhones

Switching to a new smartphone operating system often comes with a learning curve and growing pains.

The iPhone and Android operating systems are both completely different, so naturally making the jump from one to the other will cause you to miss some functions and features.

A thread on Reddit asked users who recently converted from the iPhone to Android what they missed the most about their former Apple devices.

One recent switcher said, "an Android device feels like a computer, with mobile features added in. I just feel like I can get more work done on my Nexus. There's flow. A normal workflow on iOS involves copious use of the home button, copying, pasting, scrolling trying to find an app, rinse, repeat."

Others complained about missing particular apps.

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"I missed the Tweetbot [iPhone Twitter app] and Alien Blue [iPhone Reddit app] apps for a while, but the benefits are now faded from my memory. Moving to Android made me feel like iOS was old fashioned. It took me some time to change over as I have used almost exclusively Apple products for over a decade but I am glad that I did."

Available options were another thing one user missed from his iPhone.

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"What do I miss? There are some things...This will depend on what phone you get but I was surprised that there aren't that many options in stock android (given how everyone says how "infinitely customizable" android is). For example, I had to download an app to get my phone to show a battery %, and another one to give me quick access to lock the screen orientation."

Apple's music player dominates any Android alternative.

"[I miss] the music player. Perhaps it's because Apple already had a dedicated music player with the iPod and the fact that iTunes is huge for them, but the stock music player was so perfect on my first gen iPod Touch. I've tried many different players on Android and they just don't seem to be as slick and easy to use."

The iPhone camera quality left this user wanting more, among other things.

A lack of iMessage left a void in this user's smartphone experience.

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"I miss iMessage mostly. I have unlimited texting so it's not a big deal, but it was nice to have. Also, iOS has a pretty nice selection of apps that Android doesn't have. Recently the quality of apps has vastly improved, so it's getting better, but iOS still has some exclusives over Android. It won't be long before there's nothing to be missed from iOS."

"[I miss] audio scrubbing on Android it is painfully bad compared to iOS. I listen to podcasts and audio books and I much prefer the granular control on iOS. Having a control panel where I can find my phone, etc. How the hell does a company with the best free maps in the world not have this come with every Google account?."

*Audio scrubbing is when you slide your finger along a track to pick a precise section of a clip.

The iPhone copy and paste experience made this new Android user miss Apple.

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"Switching to Android was a huge improvement for me. There are only a couple of things I miss like, being able to copy images to my clipboard and then pasting into an IM conversation to share. On iPhone, there was even an app to right click an image on my computer and send it to my phones clipboard to paste."

He continued, "I also love gaming and my phone is the only mobile device I have. So I wish developers would make as many games for android as they do for iPhone."

The lack of a hardware mute switch is annoying to some new Android users.

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"[I miss the] hardware silent switch. It's so much easier and secure than using the volume buttons [on Android]. I've been caught out in lectures with my phone ringing after accidentally taking my phone off silent by bumping the volume rocker."